Podcast Ep. 16: Muslim vote in GA

Today on the podcast, Louis is talking to Jibran Shermohammed, who is doing some voter registration work in the Muslim community in Georgia. He found that registering immigrants isn’t as much of an issue as immigrants simply not knowing how to vote. In addition to getting more people registered, Jibran is working to help teach people how to exercise theirs rights and vote in this election.

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I could be fearful of my minority identity, my Muslim identity, or I could learn to embrace it.” – Jibran Shermohammed

Show Notes:

How recent immigrants lack knowledge about politics

Why registration isn’t the biggest hurdle

Why some people don’t know how to vote

How Jibran is helping people learn how to vote

How to increase voter mobilization

The work that has been done to give people access to vote

Why immigrant populations need more attention

At some point I decided that I was going to identify as both Muslim and American.” – Jibran Shermohammed